Hugo Chávez

Hugo Chávez
Born	Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías 28 July 1954 Sabaneta, Venezuela
Died	5 March 2013 (Age 58) Caracas, Venezuela
Nationality	Venezuela
Alma mater	Military Academy of Venezuela
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Children	• Rosa Virginia María Gabriela • Hugo Rafael
Spouse	Nancy Colmenares
Founder of	United Socialist Party of Venezuela
Party	Fifth Republic Movement, United Socialist Party
64th President of Venezuela  President of Venezuela In office 14 April 2002 - 5 March 2013 Deputy Nicolás Maduro  President of Venezuela In office 2 February 1999 - 12 April 2002  De facto In office 24 March 2007 - 5 March 2013  President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela In office 24 March 2007 - 5 March 2013

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013, commonly known as Hugo Chávez, was a Venezuelan politician who served as the 64th President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013. He was also leader of the Fifth Republic Movement from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until 2012.

Capture

He was captured during the Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002 but released after huge protest.

Death

He reportedly died of a heart attack whilst recovering from extended respiratory and other complications following several bouts of surgery and chemo-therapy to treat cancerous tumours in Cuba. The circumstances surrounding both his cancer and subsequent treatment provide reasonable grounds for suspecting that he was murdered.

 

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Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:In Venezuela, White Supremacy Is a Key Driver of the Coup	Article	7 February 2019	Greg Palast William Camacaro	Four centuries of White Supremacy in Venezuela by those who identify their ancestors as European came to an end with the 1998 election of Hugo Chávez, who won with the overwhelming support of the Mestizo majority. This turn away from White Supremacy continues under Nicolás Maduro, Chavez’s chosen successor, who was re-elected in 2018 for a second six-year term.
Document:Ken Livingstone: Venezuela should have followed my economic advice	Interview	3 August 2017	Julia Hartley-Brewer Luke Dolan	"America played a major part in Venezuela's current crisis but we won't know until 30 years from now, when all the papers get published."
Document:Sanctions of Mass Destruction: America’s War on Venezuela	Article	1 February 2019	Garikai Chengu	America’s largest export used to be manufactured goods made proudly in the United States. Today, America’s largest export is the US dollar. Any nation like Venezuela that threatens that export is met with America’s second largest export: weapons, chief amongst which are Sanctions of Mass Destruction.
Document:The Death of Hugo Chavez	article	14 March 2016	Nil Nikandrov	Evidence that the death of Venezuelan 'Bolivarian' President Hugo Chavez was murder.
Document:The Strange Death of Hugo Chavez	Interview	22 April 2016	Mike Whitney Eva Golinger	Mike Whitney interviews Eva Golinger and discusses persuasive evidence that Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez did not die from a naturally occuring cancer in 2013
Document:Venezuela critics are just Blairites having a kick at Jeremy Corbyn	Interview	7 August 2017	George Galloway Luke Dolan	For nineteen years the United States government and its secret agents have been trying to overthrow the Venezuela political process. Why might that be? Well, there are many reasons but the biggest among them has the smallest name: OIL.

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